Steve Sheldon primarily covers the performing arts for The Sun Times News, with additional focus on personal profile pieces and reporting in Saline Township. His writing highlights the people, creativity, and stories behind local arts organizations and community life, bringing depth and context to cultural coverage in the region.
Veterans Day honors all who have served in the U.S. Armed Forces, those who answered the call, wore the uniform, and returned home after their duty. It’s a day to recognize their courage, sacrifices, and the challenges many faced upon returning, sometimes with an ungrateful welcome. Meet Bill Hill, a 1968 Saline High School graduate ...
The Ann Arbor Pioneer High School Theatre Guild raised the curtain on their 2025 -26 season with the 2018 Broadway hit, SpongeBob – The Musical. With a script by Kyle Jarrow and lyrics by a variety of artists, SpongeBob received 12 Tony nominations. Pioneer’s production was directed by UM Student Naomi Parr. Parr took an ...
Long-time Manchester resident Breeda Miller, playwright and author, presented her one woman show “Mrs. Kelly’s Journey Home” as a benefit for the Manchester Community Resource Center, a local nonprofit organization, serving community members in need of support services. Simple Set of Mrs. Kelly’s Journey Home – Photo By Steve Sheldon Ms. Miller performs the nearly ...
Aidan Zieglis as Macbeth/ Photo by Steven Sheldon By: Steven Sheldon The Dexter High School Drama Club, under the direction of drama club advisor Erin Palmer LaVoy and vocal/sometime artistic director David Moan, has committed to staging a Shakespeare or other classic play once every four years, ensuring every student can have that experience. There ...
In the continuing Sun Times News series “Where Are They Now,” which features graduates from area high schools, meet Stan Joplin, 68, from the Milan High School Class of 1975. Educator, high school and Division I basketball coach, husband, father, son, friend, neighbor and mentor to many, are just a few words that describe the ...
Photo: Wikimedia Commons Since 1999, the Canadian-Pacific and Kansas City Southern Christmas Trains (CPKC) have traveled across parts of the United States and Canada, spreading good will and cheer while collecting money/food for food banks in both countries. Food insecurity has increased dramatically in both countries over the last 25 years. At various stops, the ...
Photo courtesy of The Encore Musical Theatre Company Encore’s Radio Recall Tribute concert was entertaining from start to finish. Broadway stars Aaron Lavigne and Jenna Rubaii displayed not only their talent but also their heart and soul when singing hits from the 60’s and 70’s. In introducing the show, Lavigne said everyone would be listening ...
Photo by Steve Sheldon The Croswell Opera House invited a few hundred of their friends and supporters to a party as they announced their 2026 season. And what a season it promises to be. The City of Adrian, a town of 19,985 people, has for years wrapped their collective arms around their crowned jewel — ...
Photo: Conceptual rendering of the data center. Courtesy Related Digital A consent order was signed by Washtenaw County Circuit Court Judge Julia B. Owdziej, settling the lawsuit between Saline Township and Related Digital and township property owners. The proposed settlement reflects the basics of what was presented at a fact-finding meeting held at the township ...
Photo: “The Birds” – (Frankie McElroy, Maggie Trevisan, Maddox Rice, Alana Jefferson, Camille Wenger). Photo by Lad Strayer. Horizon Performing Arts is a local community theatre, based in Ypsilanti, which emphasizes teaching and allowing children to experience the magic of theatre. They concluded their first production of their 2025-26 season with A Year With Frog ...
Photo: Bonnie (Emma Skaggs) and Clyde (Kevin Ludwig) in their getaway car. Photo by Lad Strayer. Continuing with the love theme of their 2025 season’s playbill, Adrian’s Croswell Opera House opened Bonnie & Clyde Friday evening to a mostly full house. The show premiered on Broadway in December 2011, with the script by Ivan Menchall, ...
Photo: (Foreground) Kristin Shields & Jamie Elvey (Background) Henri Franklin & Kate Thomsen. Photo by Sean Carter Photography The Purple Rose Theatre raised the curtain on its 35th season with a remake of Jeff Daniels’ original comedy Norma & Wanda, directed by Rhiannon Ragland. It was clear from the start that both Daniels and Ragland ...
Photo: Maddie Dick and Nicholas Alexander Wilkinson II. Photo by Robert Coelius Dexter’s Encore Musical Theatre Company has a working collaboration with the University of Michigan (UM) School of Music, Theatre and Dance, and for the third year, UM is staging its fall production at The Encore. UM faculty provided direction for the production, with ...
Image: Conceptual rendering of the data center. Courtesy Related Digital Following two hours in a closed session with attorneys by a joint meeting of planning commissioners and board Wednesday evening, following a few questions from the audience attending, the board voted 4 – 1 to instruct attorney David Landry to negotiate a settlement with Related ...
Photo: Residents packed the Saline Township joint meeting on Sept. 24, 2025, voicing both support and opposition to the proposed data center project. Photo by Steven Sheldon Saline Township is being sued by developers and landowners who claim the township’s zoning unfairly blocks them from building a proposed data center. The township hosted a joint ...
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